Titus 1

Catholic Public Domain Bible	New Jerusalem Bible
¹ Paul, a servant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in accord with the faith of God’s elect and in acknowledgment of the truth which is accompanied by piety,	¹ From Paul, servant of God, an apostle of Jesus Christ to bring those whom God has chosen to faith andto the knowledge of the truth that leads to true religion,
² in the hope of the eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before the ages of time,	² and to give them the hope of the eternal life that was promised so long ago by God. He does not lie
³ which, at the proper time, he has manifested by his Word, in the preaching that has been entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior;	³ and so, in due time, he made known his message by a proclamation which was entrusted to me by thecommand of God our Saviour.
⁴ to Titus, beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Savior.	⁴ To Titus, true child of mine in the faith that we share. Grace and peace from God the Father and fromChrist Jesus our Saviour.
⁵ For this reason, I left you behind in Crete: so that those things which are lacking, you would correct, and so that you would ordain, throughout the communities, priests, (just as I also ordained you)	⁵ The reason I left you behind in Crete was for you to organise everything that stil had to be done andappoint elders in every town, in the way that I told you,
⁶ if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.	⁶ that is, each of them must be a man of irreproachable character, husband of one wife, and his childrenmust be believers and not liable to be charged with disorderly conduct or insubordination.
⁷ And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not desiring tainted profit,	⁷ The presiding elder has to be irreproachable since he is God's representative: never arrogant or hot-tempered, nor a heavy drinker or violent, nor avaricious;
⁸ but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste,	⁸ but hospitable and a lover of goodness; sensible, upright, devout and self-control ed;
⁹ embracing faithful speech which is in agreement with doctrine, so that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to argue against those who contradict.	⁹ and he must have a firm grasp of the unchanging message of the tradition, so that he can be counted onboth for giving encouragement in sound doctrine and for refuting those who argue against it.
¹⁰ For there are, indeed, many who are disobedient, who speak empty words, and who deceive, especially those who are of the circumcision.	¹⁰ And in fact there are many people who are insubordinate, who talk nonsense and try to make othersbelieve it, particularly among those of the circumcision.
¹¹ These must be reproved, for they subvert entire houses, teaching things which should not be taught, for the favor of shameful gain.	¹¹ They must be silenced: people of this kind upset whole families, by teaching things that they ought notto, and doing it for the sake of sordid gain.
¹² A certain one of these, a prophet of their own kind, said: “The Cretans are ever liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”	¹² It was one of themselves, one of their own prophets, who said, 'Cretans were never anything but liars,dangerous animals, al greed and laziness';
¹³ This testimony is true. Because of this, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,	¹³ and that is a true statement. So be severe in correcting them, and make them sound in the faith
¹⁴ not paying attention to Jewish fables, nor to the rules of men who have turned themselves away from the truth.	¹⁴ so that they stop taking notice of Jewish myths and the orders of people who turn away from the truth.
¹⁵ All things are clean to those who are clean. But to those who are defiled, and to unbelievers, nothing is clean; for both their mind and their conscience have been polluted.	¹⁵ To those who are pure themselves, everything is pure; but to those who have been corrupted and lackfaith, nothing can be pure -- the corruption is both in their minds and in their consciences.
¹⁶ They claim that they know God. But, by their own works, they deny him, since they are abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate, toward every good work.	¹⁶ They claim to know God but by their works they deny him; they are outrageously rebellious and quiteuntrustworthy for any good work.